Gallbladder carcinoma update: multimodality imaging evaluation, staging, and treatment options.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to review the epidemiology, multimodality imaging findings, differential diagnosis, pathologic staging, and current treatment options of gallbladder carcinoma.


CONCLUSIONS
Understanding the characteristic appearances of primary gallbladder carcinoma at multiple imaging modalities can facilitate diagnosis and enable more accurate staging for triage to extended resection or an alternate therapy.
Furlan
Alessandro
A
Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Presbyterian Campus), 200 Lothrop St., Rm. 3950 CHP MT, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Ferris
James V
JV
Hosseinzadeh
Keyanoosh
K
Borhani
Amir A
AA
D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000639:trends; D013382:Subtraction Technique / Q000639:trends*